Monthly Archives: January, 2022
Legislative committee to spend $100,000 to investigate why Permanent Fund Corp president was removed by board
The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee emerged from an executive session on Thursday to vote to approve spending $100,000 on a legal team and...
Legislature rejects salary commission’s recommendation on legislators’ per diem and salary
On Day 10 of the 2022 legislative session, the Alaska House of Representatives voted unanimously to oppose a plan by the State Officers Compensation...
11 senators call for investigation of collusion by teachers union, Biden’s DOJ and DOE, against parents opposed to Critical Race Theory
The Biden administration and the nation’s largest teachers’ union appeared to have colluded to target parents who questioned radical school policies, according to two...
Who’s who: Legislative staff list updated
As it does each year, the Legislative Affairs Agency has updated the staff contact list for legislators for the 2022 session. Today is the...
Alaska North Slope crude tops $90 a barrel, and Alaskans wonder if they can now have their Permanent Fund dividends
For the first time since the price crash of 2014, oil from Alaska's North Slope is selling for more than $90 a barrel. Today's...
Biden will make race and gender identity a top priority as he replaces Justice Breyer; Kamala Harris to advise him on the pick
President Joe BIden said today that he will choose a black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, when Breyer retires...
Alexander Dolitsky: U.S. and Russia relations, and the role of Ukraine
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
Who was responsible for post-war tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? Were they primarily a result of the Soviets’ mistrust of a perceived...
Mayor Bronson vetoes unconstitutional ordinance passed by Assembly this week
Mayor Dave Bronson vetoed an ordinance passed by the leftist members of the Anchorage Assembly that infringes upon the public's right to free speech,...
Truckers close in on Canada’s capital
The Canadian truck-and-trailer convoy organizers say that protesting truckers across Canada, already part of the longest convey in world history, plan to arrive in Ottawa by Jan. 29.
According...
Bilious in Bethel: Mayor in Western Alaska dropping F-bombs all over Twitter
Bethel Mayor Mark Springer has been getting nasty on his perceived opponents: Springer has been dropping F-bombs all over Twitter. And not just recently...